LOTRO Plugin Compendium (LPC) is a utility application to assist in installing and updating lotro LUA plugins. It attempts to take some of the leg work away from user having to manually download, create folders, and unzip download.

This is a platform independent version made available by request of the Mac and Linux crowd. Currently it has no installer, so while you could use it for windows, I would recommend you use the windows specific version http://www.lotrointerface.com/downloads/info663-LOTROPluginCompendium.html

Disclaimer
This application is an attempt to automate a manual process and help make things easier for LOTRO users. That said, if it does not work right, please report it below. I take no responsibility of it does not work on your PC or messes things up. I would, however, like to know about any problems you encounter so future versions can be fixed.

Known Issues

Please configure the Download Path on configuration panel for mac. It looks like mac might change the temp folder location. Since your settings are persisted and reloaded on startup, this is a bad thing if it goes away. I'd recommend setting to /tmp

Lack of Installer

in plugin description xml feed shows escaped characters.

Turbine Lotro Client seems to change the install location for Plugins. This can be configured by pointing the Install Path setting (on Configuration Tab) to something like
~/Library/Application Support/com.turbine.lotroclient/Plugins

The reason i ask, is because there is "Outdated LotRO Interfaces" category here, but there are some plugins there that are working perfectly fine, and also some that have not been updated for a while or not working, are not there.

It would be nice to be able to filter only 'working' plugins, but of course that would require community to flag them. Preferably dynamically.

There are also different levels of outdated. Some plugins are working completely fine, but have not been updated with the latest update data, some will not even load, some are pointless because of game changes, ...

how do you determine which plugins are outdated, or what outdated means?

On a basic level, I like the idea of just adding additional ways a user can filter the UI to more easily find what they wish to install.

I agree that "outdated" might mean different things. I think the most helpful for users would be if LPC could idenify which ones no longer function upon installation.

I am unsure whether that is currently documented or flagged effectively on lotrointerface. This would involve the community identifying which addons work or don't work. For example we might, in the same manner LPC uses a feed to manage the plugin list, another feed could be used to track the list of non-working addons. Another is we could solicit lotrointerface to add that kind of feature / classification for admins to flag.

So I just tried downloading the latest version of the compendium for my mac (from what I can tell according to the dates time stamped on the file links) and I'm getting "JREloaderror" when attempting to open the file under the Mac folder. I am currently running Mac OS High Sierra version 10.13.6. Any help would be much appreciated!

P.S. I've also tried other versions just to see if those would work and I am being presented with the same error.

I want to be able to use the Bootstrap menu to show/hide plugins after they have been launched. This works with PredictInGameTime, but not with LotroPad or Compendium. Is there a way for me to fix that?

UI Skins are not supported, but plugins have to be explicity reviewed for compliance and added to the list. If I overlook and miss any, I rely on the community to give me a heads up. Thank you very much for informing me of UserChatter. It should now be added.

I've noticed (in the Mac version) that some plugins are not accessible from within PluginCompendium. Specifically, UserChatter and Delving Hills. Is this deliberate for some reason, or is something going wrong?

UI Skins are not supported, but plugins have to be explicity reviewed for compliance and added to the list. If I overlook and miss any, I rely on the community to give me a heads up. Thank you very much for informing me of UserChatter. It should now be added.